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| + | == Art and culture== | ||
| + | *[[1988]] – [[Pink Floyd]]'s album ''[[Dark Side of the Moon]]'' leaves the charts for its first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the [[Billboard 200]]. | ||
| - | == Events == | + | ==Births== |
| + | *[[1564]] – [[William Shakespeare]], English writer and actor (d. 1616) | ||
| + | *[[1775]] – [[J. M. W. Turner]], English painter (d. 1851) | ||
| + | *[[1805]] – [[Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz]], German philosopher (d. 1879) | ||
| + | *[[1893]] – [[Frank Borzage]], American film director (d. 1952) | ||
| + | *[[1907]] – [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (d. 1975) | ||
| + | *[[1907]] – [[Lee Miller]], American photographer & model (d. 1977) | ||
| + | *[[1910]] – [[Simone Simon]], French actress (d. 2005) | ||
| + | *[[1917]] – [[Dorian Leigh]], American [[supermodel]] (d. 2008) | ||
| + | *[[1918]] – [[Maurice Druon]], French author (d. 2009) | ||
| + | *[[1926]] – [[J. P. Donleavy]], Irish American author (d. 2017) | ||
| + | *[[1928]] – [[Shirley Temple]], American actress and politician (d. 2014) | ||
| + | *[[1929]] – [[George Steiner]], French-American literary critic and essayist (d. 2020) | ||
| + | *[[1936]] – [[Roy Orbison]], American singer and musician (d. 1988) | ||
| + | *[[1943]] – [[Hervé Villechaize]], French actor (d. 1993) | ||
| + | *[[1952]] – [[Narada Michael Walden]], American musician and producer | ||
| + | *[[1954]] – [[Michael Moore]], American filmmaker | ||
| + | *[[1955]] – [[Judy Davis]], Australian actress | ||
| + | * [[1957]] – [[Neville Brody]], English graphic designer, typographer and art director | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | *[[1875]] - [[William Turner]], English Romantic painter | + | *[[303]] – [[Saint George]], Roman soldier and Christian martyr |
| + | *[[1616]] – [[Miguel Cervantes]], Spanish author (b. 1547) | ||
| + | * 1616 – [[William Shakespeare]], English writer and actor (b. 1564) (date according to the [[Julian calendar]], hence 10 days later than death of Cervantes or Garcilaso, by the [[Gregorian calendar]]) | ||
| + | *[[1850]] – [[William Wordsworth]], English poet (b. 1770) | ||
| + | *[[1889]] – [[Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly]], French writer (b. 1808) | ||
| + | *[[1895]] – [[Carl Ludwig]], German physician (b. 1815) | ||
| + | * [[1986]] – [[Otto Preminger]], Austrian-born film director (b. 1906) | ||
| + | *[[1990]] – [[Paulette Goddard]], American actress (b. 1910) | ||
| + | *[[1991]] – [[Johnny Thunders]], American musician (b. 1952) | ||
| + | * [[1998]] – [[James Earl Ray]], American assassin (b. 1928) | ||
| - | == Deaths == | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | *William Shakespeare (April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; – April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)) has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in ... | + | |
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| - | *When Donald Cammell put a shotgun to his head at his home on April 23, 1996, he was expecting a quick death. He'd been depressed for some time. ... | + | |
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| - | *James Kirkup | + | |
| - | April 23, 1918) is a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer. He was brought up in South Shields, and educated at Durham University. ... | + | |
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| - | *Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616), was a Spanish author, best known for his novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. ... | + | |
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| - | *Neville Brody (April 23, 1957, London) is a graphic designer, typographer and art director. | + | |
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| - | *Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (November 2, 1808 - April 23, 1889), was a French novelist. He specialised in a kind of mysterious tale that examines hidden ... | + | |
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| - | *Linda Boreman (January 10, 1949 - April 23, 2002) became famous as a pornographic actress under the stage name Linda Lovelace in the 1972 film Deep Throat. ... | + | |
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| - | 275/280-April 23, 303) was a soldier of the Roman Empire and later Christian martyr. The tale of George and the Dragon is widely considered among secular ... | + | |
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| - | Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 - April 23, 1986) was a film director. Born in Vienna, of assimilated Jewish ancestry, he worked with Max Reinhardt ... | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1988 – Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for its first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200.
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Births
- 1564 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (d. 1616)
- 1775 – J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851)
- 1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (d. 1879)
- 1893 – Frank Borzage, American film director (d. 1952)
- 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1907 – Lee Miller, American photographer & model (d. 1977)
- 1910 – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008)
- 1918 – Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009)
- 1926 – J. P. Donleavy, Irish American author (d. 2017)
- 1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress and politician (d. 2014)
- 1929 – George Steiner, French-American literary critic and essayist (d. 2020)
- 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
- 1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
- 1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American musician and producer
- 1954 – Michael Moore, American filmmaker
- 1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
- 1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer and art director
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Deaths
- 303 – Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
- 1616 – Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
- 1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (date according to the Julian calendar, hence 10 days later than death of Cervantes or Garcilaso, by the Gregorian calendar)
- 1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
- 1889 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
- 1986 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1991 – Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
- 1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
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